J’s Notes

The Millions has a great wrapup of Haruki Murakami in Berkley, CA.  Murakami is the author of such great works as Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and seems to give fascinating discussions.  One thing he said that stands out to me:
On his next novel: He finished it [...]

A new reader to J’s Notes (welcome aboard, Jim) pointed out that Edward (who I had called Ed) Hopper’s inspiration for “The Nighthawks” may have been Ernest Hemingway’s short story “The Killers”.  From an interview with Gail Levins:
DA : In Silent Places (Universe, 2000), you mention that detective and mystery writers most frequently refer to [...]